Drowning

Dream Symbol Meaning & Interpretation

What Does Drowning Mean in Dreams?

Discover the dream symbol interpretation and spiritual meaning

Western/Modern

Drowning in dreams usually connects to the emotional side of the dreamer; feelings of being emotionally overwhelmed, burdened or consumed in some aspect in your life. However, being underwater tends to inform the dreamer that these stresses are often unconscious and needs to be made conscious. Themes that revolve around drowning often take place in our cars, in muddy or dirty water, in the sea or sometimes noticing someone drown. However, drowning frequently targets our children relating to unconscious fears about their death, issues with your child, or consuming your child emotionally.

Biblical

Symbolic of an attack from people or the devil, Ps. 124:2-5

Jungian

Like other Waterdreams, your movement in water signifies how you are approaching change related to feelings and how you feel about your ability to do so. To dream of drowning in water, shows the enormous impact of your emotions, and how you are fighting to keep your head (thoughts) above water (your feelings.) Drowning dreams are a wakeup call to integrate your feelings and express them so that you can master them.

Islamic (Ibn Sirin)

Drowning in a dream means falling into sin and incurring the displea¬ sure of God Almighty. Drowning in a dream also means entering hell-fire. If one dies of drowning in his dream, one should fear going astray or following innovations. Drowning in the sea, then floating in the process of trying to save oneself from death in a dream means indulging in the business of the world and ±OU 1BN SEERIN’S forgetting about one’s spiritual commitment. It also means attaining success in one’s endeavors and gaining a strong foothold in one’s business. If one does come out of the water alive in his dream, it means amending his life for the better and pursuing the correct course of serving one’s religious life. If one sees himself after coming out of the water wearing a green garment in a dream, it means that he will pursue the path of knowledge and succeed in acquiring it. If one drowns and plunges to the bottom of the sea in a dream, it means that he will incur the wrath of someone in authority who will persecute him and cause him to perish. Drowning in a dream also means dying from an illness. Drowning in seawater in a dream means revival of one’s faith in God Almighty. Drowning in freshwater in a dream means becoming extremely wealthy.

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